US/Canada East Coast 2008

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Tregoning — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:58:00 +0100

This is an extra entry to our 2008 blog to hope that everyone had a peaceful holiday season and that all is going well in 2...

The end of Part I

Tregoning — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:48:00 +0100

Our overnight run from Charleston to Cumberland Island was relatively straightforward. The wind was not as westerly as forecast so it was mostly fr...

Getting high (up the mast) in the Holy City

Tregoning — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:15:00 +0100

Staying for two nights in Awendaw Creek was an excellent idea and a beautiful, restful place. In addition to dolphins, pelicans, cormorants and ter...

The best laid plans...in the cold...

Tregoning — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:54:00 +0100

It seemed that we were destined to slog it out in the "ditch" through the Carolinas again…but that was OK. Given that w...

Hurry up and wait...

Tregoning — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +0100

The two problems that we wanted to get resolved on the boat while we were in Oriental were an inefficiency in the refrigerator that caused it to cy...

The Intra-Coastal Waterway parade

Tregoning — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:04:00 +0100

One of the welcome sights in Hampton, VA, was the first brown pelicans that we had seen for months. This is about the northern limit of their non-s...

Experiencing election fever in Virginia

Tregoning — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:07:00 +0100

As if the NYC Police did not have enough to deal with between the Halloween Parade and election day...

Spooky times in NYC

Tregoning — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:12:00 +0100

Having recovered from our pounding on the mooring ball in the Hudson River on Tuesday (Oct 28), we decided to stay in

We had left Florida on June 1^st and had hastened up the East Coast to try to distance ourselves from the summer heat and the...

Dinghy flipping in Long Island Sound

Tregoning — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:47:00 +0200

We had thoroughly enjoyed the visit from Martha, visiting Cape Cod, the islands, and Newport but now it was time to head further south (well, techn...

Off-season in the yachting capital of the Northeast

Tregoning — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:37:00 +0200

We spent Tuesday (Oct 14^th) night back at Vineyard Haven but just anchored outside the breakwater and did not go ashore. Ins...

Taming Woods Hole and a whaling near-miss

Tregoning — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0200

Having been made so welcome on Martha’s Vineyard it was hard to leave but we wanted to see Woods Hole and Nantucket before heading west t...

A wonderful welcome to Martha's Vineyard and a great surprise

Tregoning — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:50:00 +0200

After a peaceful night in Quissett, we awoke on Thursday morning to the sound of wind in the shrouds and, as forecast, we nosed out of the secluded...

Walking the Freedom Trail and sailing to Cape Cod

Tregoning — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:29:00 +0200

Randall’s sister, Martha, had flown into Boston from California on Saturday (Oct 4^th) and wisely chose to spend th...

Getting ship-shape in Boston

Tregoning — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:19:00 +0200

Despite a strong downstream current, we left our Portsmouth Yacht Club mooring early on Tuesday morning (Sept 30^th) without ...

Another hurricane passes by

Tregoning — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:41:00 +0200

We left Portland early on Thursday (Sept 25th) and motored through glassy seas to Portsmouth, NH. New Hampshire only has 17 miles of coastline so i...

Locked out in Portland

Tregoning — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:06:00 +0200

As we discovered early in our shake-down cruise, one of the side-effects of not going to shore for several days is that garbage starts to accumulat...

Lost-and-found and smooth sailing south

Tregoning — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:00:00 +0200

It was such a pleasure to see sunny cloudless skies that we decided to delay our departure south for a day and to get a bit of exercise. So Friday ...

A whale of a birthday!

Tregoning — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:18:00 +0200

It turns out that sometimes patience is rewarded. We waited in Purcells Cove in a damp boat under grey, wet, and, windy skies (t...

Of flowers and friends

Tregoning — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:43:00 +0200

After I took an unexpectedly lengthy run (having forgotten the "not to scale" warning on the tourist map) on Thursday morning (wi...

Bay of Fundy: the boring and sublime

Tregoning — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:40:00 +0200

Our trip to New Brunswick was brief, such that leaving New Mills on Tuesday afternoon we returned to Nova Scotia to spend the night in Truro at the...

Return to Halifax and to family roots

Tregoning — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:54:00 +0200

As we anticipated, we left Liscomb (strictly, we had been in Spanish Ship Bay) on Thursday Sept, 4^th. A couple of the other ...

An unscheduled visit to Liscomb

Tregoning — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:44:00 +0200

After a reasonable night’s sleep we released ourselves from our multiple lines and motored out of Louisbourg on Sunday (August 31st) morn...

Getting slammed in Louisbourg

Tregoning — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:36:00 +0200

Louisbourg (pronounced locally Lewis-burg but named after King Louis XIV of France) is now a small ...

Of raspberries, birds, and a huge violin

Tregoning — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:26:00 +0200

To the continued and (in our opinions) charming surprise of our Nova Scotian friends, the variable weather has lasted through August. Our departure...

Lake sailing and loving it!

Tregoning — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:16:00 +0200

Sailing at sea can be very adventurous and we had certainly enjoyed viewing the marine wildlife but for the sheer pleasure of good sailing it is ha...

Chilling (literally) in Baddeck

Tregoning — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:06:00 +0200

August is supposed to have the best weather in Nova Scotia but as we heard wherever we went, this year was exceptional…cloudy, wet, and c...

From bouncy sea to placid lakes

Tregoning — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:50:00 +0200

Although we had been made to feel very at home in Purcell’s Cove, by the time the winds appeared to suitable for an eastern pass...

Extra time in Halifax

Tregoning — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:47:00 +0200

Tuesday July 29th was a bright sunny day and we took Tregoning from Purcell’s Cove up to the waterfront in downtown Halifax and tied up b...

Nova Scotian hospitality

Tregoning — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:37:00 +0200

So we set off again on Friday afternoon (meeting a CAT ferry as we departed) and in more fog and 15...

Crossing to Nova Scotia

Tregoning — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:27:00 +0200

It turns out that our decision to delay departure to Nova Scotia for a day was a good one. On arrival in Yarmouth (at the southern end of the provi...

Catching-up and getting ready

Tregoning — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:17:00 +0200

We had set our sights on Southwest Harbor (SWH) as a place to stop for a week or so bef...

The perfect day

Tregoning — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:07:00 +0200

At last, the perfect day, so please forgive a bout of waxing lyrical! Wind at 10-15 knots from the N...

Accidental pilgrimage to Plymouth

Tregoning — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:57:00 +0200

From Padanaram our main objective was to get through the canal that eliminates the necessity of navigating all the way around

Saved by a button in Padanaram

Tregoning — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:47:00 +0200

We left Block Island on Wednesday July 2, and ended up motoring in fog towards

Norfolk to Block Island

Tregoning — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:25:00 +0200

As much as we like Norfolk, when we motor/sailed out of the harbor and passed the nav...

Bayou Boogaloo, Norfolk

Tregoning — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:15:00 +0200

All was fixed with the starter motor (we hope) by Wednesday evening, so we set out for two long days of motoring in the

Unexpected sojourn in Belhaven, NC

Tregoning — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:05:00 +0200

After we left Beaufort we motor-sailed across the Neuse River and along the very western edge of Pamlico Sound (which separates the mai...

ICW to Beaufort, NC

Tregoning — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:55:00 +0200

After our respite at Butler Island, we decided that rather than return to sea and sail we would protect the mainsail until we ...

Waccamaw River, SC

Tregoning — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:45:00 +0200

On Tuesday June 3rd we sailed away from our anchorage and out to sea through the Fernandina Beach inlet. Staying abo...

Cumberland Island

Tregoning — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:35:00 +0200

Our final day in Fernandina Beach, Saturday May 31st, was especially busy and exciting with quite a party in the afternoon (an...